Privacy Policy

Techgrants is a Limited Company registered in England under company number 11771013. Registered address: Blake House, 18 Blake Street, York YO1 8QG. Data Protection Officer: Thomas Reed.

This Privacy Information explains how we use your personal data: how it is collected, how it is held, and how it is processed. It also explains your rights under the law relating to your personal data.

Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.

The personal data that we use is set out in Part 5, below.

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:

• The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Notice should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions using the details in Part 11.
• The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 10 will tell you how to do this.
• The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us using the details in Part 11 to find out more.
• The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we have. Please contact us using the details in Part 11 to find out more.
• The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.
• The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
• The right to data portability. This means that you can ask us for a copy of your personal data held by us to re-use with another service or business in many cases.
• Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. Part 6 explains more about how we use your personal data.
  For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 11.

Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

We may collect some or all of the following personal data when you submit a request or relating to a service which we are providing to you or any other reason you may submit personal information to us (this may vary according to your relationship with us):

• Name;
• Date of birth;
• Gender;
• Address (including ‘Geographical Job Notes’);
• Email address(es);
• Telephone number;
• Mobile phone number;
• Fax number;
• Relationship to the account holder;
• Previous credit information;
• Business name;
• Payment information;
• Connexin Security Pin (if set);
• The information which you include as part of your job application

Under the GDPR, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. This may be because the data is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data, or because it is in our legitimate business interests to use it. Your personal data may be used for one or more of the following purposes:

• Providing and managing your account.
• Supplying our services to you. Your personal details are required in order for us to enter into a contract with you.
• Personalising and tailoring our services for you.
• Communicating with you. This may include responding to queries submitted by you, on one or more of a number of channels.
• Supplying you with information by email that you have opted-in to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by selecting the ‘opt-out’ link in the email).
• Contacting you after you have applied to work at Connexin, or you are in the interview process;

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email with information/ news and/ or offers on our services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out.

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. For further information please visit our website.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and you can also remove cookies from your browser at any time. However, in a few cases, some of the website features may not function as a result.

We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We retain information for active Connexin Accounts as long as it is necessary and relevant to fulfill our agreement with you. In addition, we may retain information from closed accounts to comply with the law, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigation, enforce the Connexin Terms of Service and take other actions permitted by law.

The information we retain about you will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy, in accordance with our Data Retention policy which can be requested, by contacting the DPO named in this document details in section 11, during the maximum terms permitted by law, and will exclusively be used for the purposes described in section 6 above. After those terms, your information will be fully deleted or, alternatively, will be anonymised.

We will not normally store your personal data outside the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the GDPR.

In the event that we store or transfer some or all of your personal data in countries that are not part of the European Economic Area (the “EEA” consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) – i.e. areas known as “third countries” that may not have data protection laws that are as strong as those in the UK and/or the EEA – we will take additional steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR.

In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

We contract with third parties to ensure we can supply services to you on our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery, and marketing. In some cases, those third parties may require access to some or all of your personal data that we hold.

If any of your personal data is required by a third party, as described above, we will take steps to ensure that your personal data is handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, in relation to this policy, and the third party’s obligations under the law.

If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.

All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown in Part 11.

There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.

We will respond to your subject access request within, not more than one month of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details (for the attention of Thomas Reed, DPO):

Email: dpo@techgrants.edirectstaging.uk
Telephone number: 01904 405770
Postal Address: Blake House 18 Blake Street York YO1 8QG

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.

This Privacy Policy was last updated in line with the requirements of the new legislation introduced on 25th May 2018.